Roosevelt Muses On Anarchy Laws And Post Office Curb
President Roosevelt urges Congress to widen laws against anarchists and sedition after Attorney General Bonaparte’s report. He supports excluding such publications from the mails and notes state-law options, while ruling no federal statute currently criminalizes all anarchist writings. An explosion injures two in AmEonia, Connecticut, as a freight engine blasts apart near Derby.
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Bonaparte
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la Questione Sociale
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Attorney General
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Supreme Court
Post Office Department
Navy towns project eyed as home bases for fleets
New York reports that the navy plans Atlantic and Pacific coast home bases where enlisted men may buy homes and ships would call at intervals. Staten Island is a favored site per naval officers, aiding recruitment, with Rear Admiral Burwell promoting similar plans near Puget Sound.
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Apr
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Staten Island
Truman H. Newberry
Pacific Ocean
Department
Burwell
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Puget Sound Yard
Judge Orders Solon Ward Freed in Manslaughter Case
Detroit April 10 Judge Connelly ordered a not guilty verdict in the manslaughter case of Representative Charles F Ward formerly of Bancroft Mich charged in the death of Miss Edith Presley a Lansing state senate proof reader from an illegal operation on April 29 1907 Ward's trial began March 31 and his attorneys moved to discharge him for lack of proof of a crime.
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Mich
Connelly
Recorder’s Court
Charles 5
Ward
Bancroft
Edith Presley
State Senate
Lansing
Olive Street bank closes in St Louis district
The Olive Street bank at Garrison avenue and Olive street in St Louis, with capital of 130000 and deposits of 350000, was closed Thursday. Organized December 1, 1902, it joined the Vandeventer bank in 1905. Secretary Swanger said he notified the bank four days earlier that loans outstanding and unsecured must be made good, and the case was referred to State Bank Examiner Cook.
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Olive Street Bank
Garrison Avenue
Olive Street
Vandeventer Bank
Swanger
Jefferson City
Cook
Anderson Man Pleads Guilty in Mother's Slaying
Grover Blake of Anderson Indiana pleaded guilty to first degree murder for killing his mother Mrs William M Blake at her home on March 21 with a hammer during a kitchen task with intent to steal 125 dollars.
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Anderson
Ind
Grover Blake
William M. Blake
Second Flotilla Arrives at Magdalena Bay Report
A dispatch from Magdalena Bay notes the second flotilla of torpedo boats has arrived a day early. Officers and men are resting and are being fed anew after long confinement aboard ship.
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San Francisco
Wireless Telegraph Company
Magdalena Bay
Fatal Yonkers Crash Claims Hotel Abbotttsford Owner
Howard J. Downing proprietor of the Hotel Abbotttsford of Irvington was instantly killed in Yonkers when the automobile he rode in collided with a trolley car late Wednesday night.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Howard J. Downing
Abbottsford
Irvington
Italian Ambassador Dies in Paris
Paris April 10 Italian Ambassador to France Count Giuseppi Tornielli Brusati di Vergano died Thursday afternoon in this city from a brain hemorrhage after an illness. The death ends a long diplomatic career and follows an influenza bout.
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Giuseppi Tornielli Brusati di Vergano
France
Fire Destroys Colonial Building in Richmond Ind
A major fire gutted the Colonial building in Richmond Indiana late Wednesday night. The blaze damaged a principal fire structure as firefighters battled the flames through the night. No further details on cause or extent of damage are available.
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Colonial
Chicago Financier Kneeland Ends Life in Home Shooting
Lorenzo Kneeland former senior partner at Kneeland Clement Curtis brokers and a Chicago stock exchange member shot himself at his Lake avenue home. He had retired from active business two years earlier and faced heart disease and insurance rejections. His death shocks Chicago financial circles.
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Kneeland, Clement & Curtis
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Stock Exchange
Fle
la Salle Street
Colorado
F Frm
Clement, Curtis & Co
Chicago Club
Union League Club
Chicago Athletic Association
Hughes to Call Special Session May 11 Albany
Gov. Hughes expected to call a special session starting May 11 to reconsider anti race track gambling bills. He urges eight additional measures including banking reform and public utility oversight while probing Wall Street speculation immigration and unemployment. The plan follows failure of the Senate to pass Hart-Agnew style anti race track laws and includes a proposed independent commission to study securities speculation.
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N. Y
Hughes
Executive Chamber
Senate
Public Service Commission
New York City
Wall Street
Hart-Agnew
Gov. Hughes
Wisconsin Delegates at Large Favor La Follette for Republican Nomination
Delegates at large from Wisconsin elected at the state primary show strong support for Robert M. La Follette over Taft. While district returns are incomplete, enough indicate La Follette wins most delegates. Taft support remains in the Eighth and Tenth districts with counts and potential official totals needed. Democratic delegates were elected unopposed, pledging to Bryan.
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Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette
William KH. Taft
la Follette
Taft
Willam Jennings Bryan
Walter Alexander
Wausau
Tait
George Paine
Torrison
Madison
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Prohibition and Local Option
In Montgomery on April 10 the Alabama supreme court ruled the general prohibition and nine o'clock closing laws constitutional and effective, upholding the local option provision as well amid liquor forces opposition. In Pittsburg on April 10, Emma Reiss, 32, wife of hotel owner William B. Reiss, was found shot dead in bed, her husband gravely wounded by a pistol shot to the temple.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Pittsburg
Emma Reiss
William B. Reiss
Economy Station
Ft. Wayne
Tragedy at Lexington Avenue Wedding Table
Albert Heiser a baker killed his bride at their Lexington avenue home then shot himself without warning or motive. Mrs Heiser, wounded twice, is not expected to recover. The incident occurred Wednesday night in New York City.
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New York
Albert Heiser
Lexington Avenue
Negro Murderer Hanged in Philadelphia Killing
Warrick Brooks, a Black man, was hanged in Philadelphia on Thursday for fatally shooting William T. Jones during a quarrel. He becomes the seventh execution in the eight-year span at the local gallows.
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Warrick Brooks
William T. Jones
Brooks
Jagt
Danville
August Lind
Soldiers slain near Necessidades palace in Lisbon
Two soldiers in civilian dress were assassinated Wednesday near the Necessidades palace as a small armed group attacked with revolvers. The attackers fled before police could seize them, leaving no immediate arrests.
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Lisbon
Necessidades
Bryan to Speak in Peoria at Coliseum Rally
William J. Bryan has notified the Mandan club that he will reach Peoria next Tuesday to deliver a political speech at a rally at the Coliseum.
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Peoria
Ill
William J. Bryan
Mandan Club
Drys Charge Fraud at Polls in Cass County
Anti saloon forces plan to contest Cass county local option after Dowagiac residents report vote buying and illegible ballots. A gang of 20 nearby northern city voters allegedly helped tilt the result, with payments ranging from $1 to $15 per vote.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Cass County
John Walker
Dowagiac
Silver Creek Town Hall
Telegraphic items from a busy news day
Brief dispatches report a Colonial building fire in Ri mond Ind causing $75,000 in losses. Alderman Adee sailed from New York to Havre. Orr and Mackay resign from New York Life directors. Lt Lindsay killed himself at the Presidio. Alexander Alexander H B and Hadley move to Nebraska for study and health. Earle marries Julia Kuttner in Italy. Mrs Harle divorces. Walsh illness cancels Sioux City engagement. Celticburn ships bulk wheat from Portland to Europe. Adele Ritchie denies being Vanderbilt co respondent. Lyle and Gage bound over for trial on bank deposit charges.
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Alvey A. Adee
la Provence
New York
Havre
Alexander I. Orr
Clarence Mackay
New York Life Insurance Compu
David A. Lindsay
V. A
Signal Corps
Presidio
San Francisco
H.B. Alexander
Springfield
Mass
University of Nebraska
Herberts. Hadley
Missouri
Boulde Col
Ferdinand Princy Earle
Julia Kuttner
Italy
Harle
Frank W. Lyle
City Bank
Dowaglac
Mick
Ira B. Gage
U Circuit Court
Pardons Intervened as Bill Hangs in Chicago Soon
Springfield reports Gov Deneen or the state board intervenes to stay the death of Herman Billler, set to hang April 24. A Chicago family murder case and a St Louis arrest of Dr Engleberto Voerster Jr, a former city physician, are noted alongside Mexico Honduras treaties signed in Mexico City for commerce extradition and postal convention.
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Deneen
State Board
Herman Bill
Chicago
I Supreme Court
Jek
Fortuf Teer
Yvzral
St. Louis
Englebe
Voerster, Jr
Reese Bell
Voerster
St. Louis County
Mexico-Honduras
Mexico City
Mexico
Policarpo Bonilla
Honduras
Federico Gamboa
Markets Summary Flour and Wheat Movements in New York and Minneapolis
The markets show flour weak with several price points for spring brands from $4.60 to $5.70, and wheat fluctuating with May at around 9% to 9 3/4 cents and July near 9 8/4 cents. Corn remains strong with May around 6 7/4 with 17 cents, oats higher for old May at 53 1/2 to 53 3/4 cents, and butter steady with creameries at 28 1/2 to 27 cents for firsts and seconds at 20 to 26 cents. Livestock prices show turkeys, chickens, and fowls around 18 cents, ducks at 12 1/2 cents. eggs at 12 to 16 1/2 cents per dozen, and potatoes from 65 to 67 cents. New York reports slight declines in May wheat and mixed movements in other grains.
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Live Stock Market Report with Mixed Prices
Chicago cattle and hog prices show a range from 4.25 to 7.10 for cattle and 5.00 to 6.25 for hogs with varied grades. Omaha and other markets list steady to higher cattle values and strong hogs while sheep move gradually upward, including yearlings and ewes with mixed figures.
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